WITH EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015

CE 214

STENGTH OF MATERIALS I

Instructions per week

: 4 (Theory) +2 (Tutorials)
Duration of University Examination
:3 hours
University Examinations
:75 Marks
Sessionals
:25 Marks
Credits
: 4 Credits
Course Objectives:
1. To understand the basic concept of the stress and strain for different materials.
2. To know the mechanism of the development of shear force and bending moments in
beams.
3. To analyse and understand bending stress and shear stress.
4. To study compound stresses, direct and bending stresses in different members.
5. To know the concept of unsymmetrical bending and shear centre for different
members.
Course Out comes :
At the end of the course the student should have learnt
1. To evaluate the strength of various Civil Engineering materials, against structural
actions such as compression, tension, shear, bending.
2. To suggest suitable material from among the available, for use in Civil Engineering
context.
3. To evaluate the behaviour and strength of Civil Engineering materials under the
action of compound stresses and thus understand failure concepts.
4. To design thin and thick cylinders for resisting fluid pressures and/or shrink fit
pressures.
5. To evaluate the behaviour of members under unsymmetrical bending and locate
shear centers for section with the axis of symmetry.
UNIT-I
Simple Stresses and Strains: Definitions of stresses and strains. Hookes law, Modulus of
Elasticity. Stress-Strain curve for ductile materials. Working stress and factor of safety.
Deformation of bars under axial loads. Uniform sections and abruptly varying sections.
Deformation due to self weight. Bars of uniform strength. Poissons ratio, Volumetric strain
and restricted strains . Relationship between elastic constants. Compound bars and
temperature stresses. Statically indeterminate problems in tension and compression .
Temperature stresses.

UNIT-II
Shear force and Bending moment: Definitions-Different types of beams and loads-Shear
force and bending moment diagrams for cantilever, and simply supported beams with and
without over hangs subjected to different kinds of loads viz, point loads, uniformly
distributed loads, uniformly varying loads and couples- Relation between loading , shear
force and bending moments.
Bending stresses in Beams.: Assumptions in theory of simple bending-Derivation of
bending equation , Moment of resistance Calculation of stresses in statically determinate
beams for different loads and different types of structural sections- Flitched beams.
UNIT-III
Shear stresses in Beams.: Equation of shear stresses, distribution across rectangular ,
circular, triangular , I , T and diamond sections .
Direct and bending stresses : Basic concept , Eccentric loading , limit of eccentricity
core of sections-rectangular and circular , solid and hollow sections. Wind pressure on
chimneys and water pressure on dams.
UNIT-IV
Compound Stresses and Strains: Stresses on oblique planes, principal plane and principal
stresses. Ellipse of stress and Mohs circle of stress.
Thin cylinders: Thin cylinders subjected to internal fluid pressure. Volumetric change
.Wire winding of thin cylinders.
Thick cylinders & spheres: Lames equations , stresses under internal and external fluid
pressure. Compound cylinders-shrink fit pressure..
UNIT-V
Unsymmetrical bending of beams: Location of neutral axis, maximum stresses for
rectangular section. Symmetric channel section.
Shear Centre: Shear stress, shear flow, locating shear center for angle section, channel
section and T-section , with one axis of symmetry.
Text Books:
1. B.C.Punmia, Mechanics of Materials, Laxmi publishers, Delhi, 2011.
2. S.Ramamrutham, Strength of Materials, Dhanpat Rai & Sons, Delhi, 2012
3. S.B. Junnarkar, Mechanics of structures ( Vol-I & Vol-II), Charotar Publishing house,
Anand, 2002.
References:
1. D.S. Prakash Rao, Strength of Materials-A Practical Approach, Universities Press, Hyd
1999.
2. E.P. Popov, Engineering Mechanics of solids, 1993.
3. G.H. Ryder, Strength of Materials, 3rd Edition in SI units, Macmillan India Ltd,
Delhi, 2012.
4. A.Pytel and F.L.Singer, Strength of Materials , Harper & Row , 4th Edition, New
York,1987.